Originally Posted by
Bell_ringer
That's not right. It's often right after takeoff where disorientation can set in and create a problem where there does not need to be one..
You've missed the point. And that is, don't blast off into the night unless you can see where you are going, and you have sufficient visual reference to establish your orientation without any reference to instruments. If you need to rely on instruments in that process you are not complying with the RFM. Disorientation doesn't set in when you can see the ground far enough ahead and below you that you have a proper visual horizon reference. If that requires clear skies and a full moon, so be it.